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DOJ Eliminates Trump-era Case Quotas for Immigration Judges

Justice Department is ending the use of case quotas for immigration judges that became a point of contention during the Trump administration for undercutting judges’ authority and discretion.

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ICE rescinds civil penalties for failure to depart.

DHS announced that ICE has rescinded two delegation orders related to the collection of civil financial penalties for noncitizens who fail to depart the U.S. ICE had initiated enforcement of civil penalties in 2018, but as of January 20, 2021, ICE ceased issuing these fines. The rescission marks ICE’s latest move toward focusing its limited resources on those posing the greatest risk to national security and public safety in accordance with the current guidance on civil immigration enforcement and removal priorities, which were issued on Feb. 18, 2021.

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Justice Department Complaint for Forfeiture against real estate owner

Justice Department Complaint for Forfeiture against real estate owned by an officer of Tri-Valley University in connection with ICE investigation of alleged SEVIS violations.

DOJ Office of Special Counsel (OSC) newsletter for the first quarter of 2011

DOJ Office of Special Counsel (OSC) newsletter for the first quarter of 2011, covering new guidance on Social Security number mismatches, telephone interventions, recent OSC enforcement activity, the new website launched by the Criminal Rights Division and OSC, and more.

DOJ Office of Immigration Litigation July 2010 Bulletin

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) July 2010 Bulletin covers the application of the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule in removal proceedings, Guatemalan women as a particular social group for purposes of asylum, and summaries of court decisions.
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DOJ Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) August 2010 Bulletin

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) August 2010 Bulletin covers terrorist exemptions under the INA, whether women in China who have been subjected to forced marriage and involuntary servitude can constitute a particular social group for purposes of asylum, and more.

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I Don’t Know what Immigration Knows about me! What can I do?

Appointment of Juan Osuna as Acting Director for the EOIR

DOJ press release announcing the appointment of Juan Osuna as Acting Director for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). Juan Osuna previously worked as an Associate Deputy Attorney General working on immigration policy and other issues.

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EOIR has taken disciplinary action against 16 attorneys for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct

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EOIR Cancels Five Policy Memos

DOS final rule on a revision to the INA relative to the Grounds of Inadmissibility

DOS final rule incorporating a revision to the INA relative to the grounds of inadmissibility for which the Department may recommend that DHS exercise discretionary waiver authority in the case of an applicant for a nonimmigrant visa.(75 FR 82242, 12/30/10)

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Settlement with an Oregon and North Carolina Company accused of unlawfully firing

DOJ press release announcing a settlement with an Oregon company accused of unlawfully firing and refusing to rehire a lawful permanent resident, and an earlier settlement with a North Carolina company accused of unlawful discrimination against a lawful permanent resident.

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Former Guatemalan special forces soldier guilty of making false statements on naturalization forms

DOJ announcement that awas sentenced to 10 years in prison for making false statements on naturalization forms regarding his participation in a 1982 massacre at a Guatemalan village known as Dos Erres.